Napkin



Sept. 21, 1937. P. H. HoRw1TT NAPKIN Filed March 9, 1935 Patented Sept. 2l, 1937 UNITED STATES NAPKIN Paul H. Horwitt, Hartsdale, N.

Y., assignor to Marathon Paper Mills Company, Rothschild. Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application March 9, 1935, Serial No. 10,179

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a paper napkin and more particularly to a compactly folded paper napkin adapted to be dispensed individually from a dispenser.

In my prior issued Patents Nos. 1,895,661, 1,895,662 and 1,901,243, there are illustrated types of dispensers suitable for the dispensing of napkins of my present invention. It is an object of the -present invention to provide a napkin for use in such dispensers that will present a folded grasping edge that may be grasped through the windows of a dispenser when the napkin is to be withdrawn.

It is a. further important object of this invention to provide a napkin of compact size and that is economical of space when stacked in a dispenser.

Other and further important objects of this invention will become apparent from the following description and appended claims.

On the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan `view of a sheet of paper with dotted lines indicating the lines of fold in folding a napkin of my invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating the rst step in the folding of the napkin.

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the second step in the folding of the napkin.

' Figure 4 is a perspective view of a folded napkin embodying my invention.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary isometric view of a dispenser showing a napkin of my invention therein ready to be dispensed.

As shown on the drawing:

'Ihe reference numeral I0 in Figs. 4 and 5 indicates a folded napkin embodying the principles of my invention for dispensing from a dispenser I'I. Said napkin I0 is formed from a rectangular,

flat sheet of paper of any suitable napkin stock l by folding said sheet first along parallel equidistant lines I2 to provide an elongated pluralply strip I3 (Fig. 2) Said strip I3 is then folded in zigzag fashion along parallel lines I4 and I 4a extending transversely to the first lines of fold I2 to form a folded napkin I0 having two smaller plural-ply sections I6 and I'I and another pluralply section I8 longer than the sections I6 and I'I.

The shorter sections I6 and I 'l are connected by a fold `I9, coincident with one of the lines of fold I4, which is spaced from the free end 20 of the longer section I8. Said folded edge I9 thus provides a grasping edge that is not likely to become torn in removing a napkin from the dispenser II. Said folded napkin IIJ thus comprises l two sections, I6 and I'I, of equal length, joined (Cl. 20G-57) by a line of fold I9, and a. longer section I8, joined to the inner shorter section Il by a line of fold 2 I, coincident with the plural-ply open edge 22 of the outer section I6.

It will be understood that although there is illustrated a napkin formed by rst folding a sheet of paper along four parallel lines of fold I2 to produce a five-ply panel or strip, more or fewer lines of fold may be used, depending upon the original size of the sheet and the width of the folded napkin that is desired. One of the advantages of this type of fold is that various sizes of napkins can be folded to the same size for dispensing through one size of dispenser.

'I'he napkins of my invention may be inserted into a dispenser having a dispensing Window 23 of sufficient size to enable the folded edge I9 of the foremost napkin to be grasped therethrough and the napkin removed by pulling thereon. Since the portion first removed from the dispenser is the thicker portion of the napkin, represented by the sections I6 and I1, it is obvious that the longer, thinner section I8 will follow through the dispenser opening without binding owing to the fact that it is under a lighter compressive force than the thicker portions Vof the napkin. For the same reason, grasping of the folded edge I9 is facilitated, since the fingers of the operator readily compress the thinnersections I8 of the napkins in the front of the dispenser, thus leaving the folded edge I9 in an easy position to be grasped.

I claim as my invention:

1. A folded napkin to be stored in and dispensed from a napkin dispenser, said napkin being formed from a sheet of paper folded along parallel lines to provide an elongated plural-ply strip, said strip being folded in zigzag fashion along parallel lines extending transversely to the rst lines of fold to present a folded napkin having two smaller plural-ply sections and another plural-ply section longer than the other sections, the smaller sections being connected by a fold extending transversely of the folded napkin and spaced from the end of the longer section.

2. A folded napkin formed from a sheet of paper folded along .parallel lines which are spaced equal distances from opposite edges of the sheet and from each other, thereby forming a pluralply strip with the two plies co-extensive in area, said strip being then folded zigzag fashion along two lines extending transversely to the rstnamed fold lines, the said lines being spaced apart a distance equal to the distance between one fold line and the adjacent end of the strip a folded edge extending parallel to said latter open edge but situated between the same and the first-named open edge, thereby forming a folded napkin having two smaller plural ply sections and a plural ply section longer than said two sections. 5

PAUL H. HORWITT. 

